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Johannes Brahms ( German: [joˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms]; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the " Three Bs ...
Philipp von Jolly. Johann Philipp Gustav von Jolly (26 September 1809 – 24 December 1884) was a German experimental physicist. He measured gravitational acceleration with precision weights and also worked on osmosis. He also designed several tools like the Jolly balance in 1864, a special eudiometer in 1878, as well as his own air pump and ...
c.1602–1605. Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, also known as Abul Fazl, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl 'Allami (14 January 1551 – 22 August 1602 [2] ), was an Indian writer, historian, and politician who served as the grand vizier of the Mughal Empire from his appointment in 1579, until his death in 1602. [3] His notable works include the Akbarnama, Ain-i ...
The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company. The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company, or VALIC, a subsidiary of Corebridge Financial, Inc., (CRBG), is an insurance corporation that specializes in tax-qualified retirement plans, supplemental tax-deferred and after-tax investments. VALIC's headquarters are in Houston, Texas. VALIC ranks in ...
The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily conservative broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as The Daily Telegraph & Courier. The Telegraph is considered a newspaper of ...
Jane Harriet Bissett (d.1866), 21st Scottish feudal baroness of Lessendrum [8] who married her first cousin Venerable Maurice George Fenwick-Bisset (1797-1879), Archdeacon of Raphoe, who on his wife's inheritance of Lessendrum adopted the additional surname of Bisset. Her son was Mordaunt Fenwick Bisset (1825-1884) of Bagborough, Somerset, MP ...
v. t. e. Phanxicô Xaviê Nguyễn Văn Thuận, also known as Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận ( pronounced [ŋʷjə̌ˀn van tʰwə̂ˀn] ⓘ; 17 April 1928 – 16 September 2002), was a Vietnamese cardinal in the Catholic Church. He was a nephew of South Vietnam 's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, and of Archbishop Ngô Đình Thục.
thumb. / 54.86994; -1.36356. The Venerable Bede Church of England Academy (formerly Venerable Bede Church of England (Aided) Secondary School) is a coeducational secondary school located in the Tunstall area of Ryhope, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. [2] The school is named after Saint Bede, a monk, author and scholar who wrote Historia ...